.Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of (mostly) European and American first-class travelers on a train who are held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, and Warner Oland. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman, based on a 1931 short story by Harry Hervey. Shanghai Express was the fourth of seven films Sternberg and Dietrich made together.

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